· Public charity
Lexington Observer Inc
The lexington observer is a hyperlocal, digital-first, nonprofit news site covering issues that matter most to people in lexington, including local government, education, economy, environment and culture.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k1 grant · $24k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $500k
- $250k+1 grant · $288k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $288,000 |
| STATES NEWSROOM | $100,000 |
| NEVADA NEWS BUREAU INC | $75,000 |
| THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC | $75,000 |
| SEARCHLIGHT NEW MEXICO NEWS | $75,000 |
| THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN INC | $75,000 |
| ARIZONA CENTER OF INVESTIGATIVE REP | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $24,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 56% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
5 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 5 of the 7 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Institute for Nonprofit News · The Miami Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lexington Observer Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lexington Observer Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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